Combination backplate and plaiting attachment for pressing machines



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H. DIENER COMBINATION BACKPLATE AND PLAITING ATTACHMENT FOR PRESSING MACHINES Filed NOV. 4. 1926 TIE 19-1- 16 13\ 1 15 x Hyman Dwiwr r :2, FM

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UNITED STATES HYMAN DIENER, OI WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

STATES HOFFMAN MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORA- TION OF DELAWARE.

COMBINATION BACKPLATE AND PLAITING ATTACIIMENT FOR PRESSIN G MACHINES.

Application filed November 4, 1926. Serial No. 146,206.

effectively operating pressing machine.

The primary object of the invention resides in providing a combined back plate and plaiting attachment for the machine, the attachment being so incorporated in the plate as to be free from the pressing buck and substantially out of the view of the operator and observer, when said attachment is not in use.

A further ob'ect of the invention resides in providing a ack plate of the usual type applied to the bed or table of a pressing machine having means incorporated therein and thereon adapted for movement across the working face of the lower pressing element of a machine for holding the work on said element.

A still further object of the invention resides in combining with the back plate of a pressing machine, an attachment including a tape adapted to be drawn across the lower pressing element of the machine and ieldingly engage with the table or bed 0 said mac ine, together with means for automatically withdrawing said tape to the back to plate when said tape is released from engagement to the table or bed of the machine.

Still another object resides in providing on the back plate a plurality of compartments in which the work-holding ta es are being such as to receive and substantially hide from view said tapes when the latter are not in use.

A still further object resides in providing an attachment in connection with the back plate of a pressing machine which includes a plurality of spring-held ta es which are adapted to be drawn across t e lower pressing element of thenmachine to hold plaits in position when a plaited garment is beingpressed, said tapes being adapted to be automatically returned to an inoperative position wholly to one side of said pressing member and substantiall out of view, when said tapes are released Tom the other side arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this application,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a garment pressing machine, withthe upper buck or pressing member and its operating structure removed, having my improvements incorporated therein.

Figure 2' is a front elevation thereof, with parts in section, the plait-holding tapes being disclosed in their inoperative positions in the compartments of the back plate of the machine, and

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section through the device as seen on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, with the tapes in their inoperative positions and showing in dotted lines the operative positions of said tapes.

In describing the invention I shall refer to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which 1 designates the table or bed of the usual garment pressing machine having mounted thereon in the usual or in any preferred manner the lower buck 2, the upper buck or pressing member 3 being shown in dotted lines in Figure 3 of the drawing.

In substantially all up-to-date garment pressing machines of the type herein disclosed, there is provided a back plate toprevent the garments from contacting with the operating structure in the rear of the table and for other obvious reasons. M invention contemplates the provision 0' such a' back plate but constructed to cooperate with a plaiting attachment, as will be hereinafter and more particularly described.

To this'end I provide a back plate 4 which is removably secured to the rear edge of the table 1 and generally constructed as usual. This plate at predetermined portions therein is provided with a plurality of verticai, spaced-apart slots 5, which are relatively wide. Secured to the rear face of the plate t to enclose each of said slots 5 is a box-like casing 6, which is substantially triangular in side elevation. These casings may be made in other designs, if desired, and of various materials, but are preferably constructed of metal, the end edges of the walls thereof being bent outwardly to form flanges 7 through the medium of which said casings may be removably secured to the plate 4.

Rearwardly projecting compartments are thus formed on the back plate v4r, the entrance to said compartments being through the medium of slots -5. An inverted U- shaped strap 8 applied to the top and side walls of each casingfi forms a bracket or bearing for a pintle 9.extending transversely through the side wallsofthe casing upon which pintle is rotatably mounted a spring reel 10. This reel has wound thereon a tape 11 formed of any desired material such as a woven band adapted to be drawn through the opening or slot 5 in the plate 4, the tape being guided between a pair of slightly spaced and vertically alining rollers 12' which are supported between the side walls of the casing 6 forward of the spring reel.

Various forms of spring reels or spring rollers may be used and other means than that illustrated and described may be utilized for retaining the spring reels or rollers in position. As many spring reels and corresponding tapes may be used as desired, it being essential to have sufiicient number to retain the plaits of a plaited garment in osition while said garment is being pressed As appears obvious the tapes are adapted to be drawn across the buck 2 to hold the garment in position on the latter and the outer ends of said tapes en aged with elements on the opposite side 0 said buck. In carrying out this idea, I prefer to provide a plurality of small coil spring members 12 which are secured to the outer ends of the tapes 11 which will permit a reasonable and, more or less, necessary resiliency of the tapes when they are secured in position and to the outer ends of the coil spring members are loosely engaged hook members 13 formed with finger pieces 14 intermediate their ends.

The hooks 13 are adapted for engagement with the loosely mounted and vertically movable clips' 15 mounted with openings in the table 1 adjacent the front edge of the support for the buck 2, as clearly shown in the drawin The upper face of the table 1 is recesse as shown at 16 at the points where the clips 15 are mounted, which enables the crowns of said clips to be normally below the surface of said table and permits the fingers of the operator to readily raise said clips to be engaged by the hooks 13.

It will thus be seen that the spring-held tapes may be readily drawn across the buck to hold the plaited garment in position and the hooks at the ends of said tapes removably en aged with the clips in the table forward o the buck. When the operator. completes his work with the plaiting attachment, each of'the hooks 13 on the tapes 11 may be manually disengaged from the clips 15and release thereof will permit the tapes to be reeled automatically within the casings 6, the

the slots and hidden therebelow in the compartments formed by the casings 6, as shown in Figure 3 of the drawing. Thus, the're appears to be no projecting portions 'on the device and the back plate appears clear of the attachment. The attachment is, therefore, substantially hidden from view when the tapes are in their inoperative positions but ready for easy manipulation when desired.

The spring reels 10 return the tapes to their inoperative positions when the latter are released from engagement with the clips 15 and the coil springs 12 provide the necessary resiliency to take care of materials of varying thicknesses and adjustments that may be made as the operator draws the tapes to position. While the springs 12 are not essential their presence is advantageous in that they tend to relieve the springs of the reels from undue strain and likewise tend to equalize the pull on the tapes thus preventingdany drag or draw of the tapes on the goo s.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and efiicient means for carryin out the various objects of the invention an while I have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention.

Having described my invention what is claimed is:

1. In a pressing machine, the combination with a table and pressing element thereon of a back plate carried on said tablc and extensible means supported on the rear of said plate and adapted for cooperation with said pressing element to retain garments in position on the latter at predetermined times.

2. In a pressing machine, the combination with a table and pressing element thereon; of a back plate mounted on said table and extensible means supported at the rear of said plate in line with openings formed therein and adapted for cooperation with the pressing element to retain garments in position on the latter.

3. In a pressing machine, a buck, a back plate, extensible members supported thereon and cooperating with the buck to position a garment on the latter and means cooperative with said plate and members to hide the latter from View when the same are in inoperative position.

4. An attachment for garment pressing machines including a buck and a back plate, compartments carried on the rear face of the plate in line with openings formed in said plate, spring actuated reels mounted respectively in said compartments, tapes engaged at their one end respectively with said reels, said reels tending-to normally draw said tapes wholly within said compartments and means for releasably engaging the 0p osite ends of said tapes when the latter are di'awn over the buck.

.5.'In a pressing machine of the class described, the combination with a table, and a pressing element, thereon; of a back plate mounted on said table, said plate having openings formed at predetermined points therein, compartments mounted on the rear face of said plate in line with said openings, spring actuated reels mounted in said c0mspectively with said reels and adapted to be drawn through theopenings in said plate, said reels tending to normally draw said tapes to inoperative position wholly within said compartments, and means forward of the pressing member for releasably engaging the other ends of said tapes when the latter are drawn across said pressing member.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HYMAN DIEN ER.

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